One of the most popular diets in recent times, which promises permanent weight loss – that of a French nutritionist Pierre Dukan, by many is considered harmful and ineffective in terms of health and actual weight loss. In essence, the diet of Dukan requires adherence to four basic stages of the diet – eating only protein, transition to joint intake of meat and vegetables, the release of carbohydrates, followed by a permanent stage, during which, however one day a week is a separate again for protein meal. The nutritionists, however, easily rebutted as the proposed plan of food intake, leading a number of arguments. Many of them stand behind the idea that carbohydrates are an essential part of human intake of nutrients that underpin the food pyramid. When a person reduce or completely exclude carbs from your diet, it reduces body weight, but at the expense of water in the body. The processes of degradation of fats and removal of human body are triggered by the New York Professor David Levite, adding that lack of water in the body is noticeable especially in the face. When you start to eat different food, the body quickly begins to recover lost amounts of water, and thus to accumulate again lost weight.

The climbing stairs burns more calories than jogging on the path to the gym or jogging in the park, say researchers from the University of Birmingham, UK. The regular stair climbing can reduce your weight, improve performance of the cardiovascular system and normal cholesterol levels. This is an effective way to deal with obesity, which becomes a major problem for all age groups
For stair climbing is required more energy than running or playing football, regarded as one of the most active sports. The study by British scientists involved 120 men and women between 25 and 35 years who suffered from overweight. The results indicate that heat when climbing stairs rising three times more than in football or jogging.
The doctors recommend for good health to use stairs instead of elevators. This will help you to keep good condition of your body and together with this will consume more energy than morning jogging.

The times when the children suffered from vitamin deficiency, leading to severe changes in the organism have been long forgotten. The vitamins are really needed by the growing organism, and the main nutrients: protein, carbohydrates and fats. The particular need to have children vitamins during the illness and during recovery, but also in changing some conditions: the child enters kindergarten, split up with your favorite grandmother or mother goes to work. The vitamins are particularly needed in the spring, when the body suffers from shortages. Most of them are contained in fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat products. If you want to make really healthy gift to your child, buy them a vitamins from healthy baby gift manufacturers. This is the best for them and will make them healthy and growing more stronger.
Especially needed as the child may be given vitamin C. It participates in many chemical reactions that provide metabolic processes, contribute to normalizing the situation on the walls of the vessels and the absorption of iron from the body. It helps the body to counter stressful situations and enhances immunity. Really a healthy start of the day can be done with some fruits, but also you can get the same vitamins from medicaments.
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It turns out that many of the usual and popular procedures are carefully followed when treating their colds are actually harmful – popularity does not ensure adequacy of treatment! Consider the fundamental mistakes that many people away.
1. Is it useful to at live well and sweat?
Definitely not. Wrap up in warm blankets, we maintain artificially high external temperature, thermal damage of the body. Therefore, increased workload on the heart and vessels, which can cause palpitations, shortness of breath and increased blood pressure. The temperature can be reduced most effectively by a rub with cool water or cold compress on the forehead.
2. Is it necessary to “keep the bed?
No cause sneezing or coughing person to be bedridden. With continued lying reduces ventilation of the lungs and bronchi, and they can start congestive phenomena. And considering that the infection has the ability to “run” down to the airways, the risk of getting bronchitis or inflammation of the lungs is greater in those at all cannot get out of bed. So the patient can safely walk, but at home. The only thing we have to keep is current.
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Recently, a very fashionable to drink tea, which allegedly promote weight loss. These drinks are made mostly of herbal supplements, but it appears that with the positive effects they can cause and side effect – to affect the colon by accelerating the movement of its content. Some of them contain resinous substances which cause irritation of the lining of the intestine. Appear lower abdominal pain. It is very difficult market to find a slimming tea, which has no side effects. Their decrease is recommended to use this tea on an empty stomach before breakfast or evening after dinner, as his relief began to show after about 8-10 hours. Prolonged use of these teas are also not safe for health. In the body may affect the water exchange, leading to shortages of micronutrients and other essential substances. With the termination of the use of tea, intestines become sluggish again. The media often promoted for weight loss products, appetite suppressants, even until his disappearance. They also prepare plant-based. People suffering from cardiovascular disease should contact their doctor and not to engage in self with biologically active additives. Suppress appetite, alertness, increased ability to work – all this characterizes the initial stage of application of preparation. Then the excitement is changed by the delay appears sleepiness, increased fatigue and nervous exhaustion builds up.
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All statistics show that tea is undoubtedly the most popular beverage in the world. Its history is centuries old. It is difficult to determine exactly when people started to drink the decoction of its leaves, but on his country no dispute – this is China. According to the legend of Shen Nong, who before about 4800, the Chinese learned to grow and use plant. To help people, he tested himself on various leaves, stems and roots. The first systematic treatise on tea, Cha Jing (Tea canon) appeared in China in the Tang Dynasty. Lu Yu Its author describes in detail the production of tea growing areas, the quality of tea and how to prepare the drink. Buddhist monks, missionaries carried the tea to Japan, and gradually he also reached Europe. In 1547 Cossacks present it to the king unusual gift – a jar of fragrant tea. In Europe, tea was brought by the Dutch. In 1684 he secretly planted in Indonesia. In India, comes much later – only in 1831 and five years later, England received the first shipment of Indian tea. Then he became very common in Ceylon, where from an unknown disease killed all the coffee plantations. Today tea is grown in Africa (Kenya) and South America.
Green tea
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According to modern medical understanding of health has 3 main components: rational nutrition, physical activity and rational refusal of smoking. If one adheres to these principles, the data from the statistics show that they decreased by 2-3 times the risk of cardiovascular and cancer, which today are a major cause of premature death. Of course, in terms of overweight, there may be genetically determined disorder of fat metabolism, but it occurs earlier and is immediately noticeable. In most people, obesity is a consequence of Eating Disorders. All extreme diets that help overthrow the weight is not balanced and can be implemented quickly. However, this rule means a momentary effect. Most main meals at a reasonable approach. Health is primarily a sense of measure. Here are 10 steps that are proposed by scientists of our healthy eating. They had nothing sensational – they simply state the principles to which they must adhere to normalize weight and maintain their health longer possible.
Step 1: Healthy balanced diet should be based on a variety of products, mainly from vegetable rather than animal origin. There is no product that can provide our bodies all the necessary substances. The only exception is breast milk, which replaces the child until at least 6 months all other products. Therefore, nutrition must be as diverse. Observance of special diets is recommended only on a recommendation from a specialist.
Step 2: Bread, pasta dishes and potatoes should be eaten several times per day. Half the daily amount used, food must be covered by these products. Scientists do not agree that they are only a source of energy and carbohydrates. They also contain many other substances necessary for health: dietary fiber, mineral compounds, vitamins of group B and C. It is wrong and the opinion that these products contribute to the accumulation of fat. Indeed, the energy content of starch is much less than the same amount of fat or alcohol. Experts recommend to be used more bread, preferably whole-grain or black.
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After analysis of the impact on human beings of different foods (including fruits, vegetables and nuts), researchers found that their benefits are significantly less than 1.2 cups of coffee. “Antioxidants contained in this drink are able to resist diseases such as diabetes and successfully combat the free radicals that deplete the structure of cells, say the authors of the publication in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Antioxidants are natural or nature identical compounds which prevent oxidation of the active compounds in the cells of the body, which reduces the risk of developing various diseases, including related to the chemical, physical, radiological, bacteriological and other environmental factors. Is another interesting fact from the published research – that are equally useful and coffee with and without caffeine. According to statistics daily average use grown-up 1299 mg antioxidants from coffee (drank an average of 1.64 cups of coffee). His closest “rival” is tea in one cup of which contains 294 mg, followed by bananas (76 mg), mature beans (72 mg) and maize (48 mg). Scientists indicate the recommended daily norm coffee – a cup and a half and warned that it should not replace other products needed for the organism.
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If you invite to abandon coffee and tea to go, so do not rush to give up your favorite morning habit. A series of scientific observations argued that most people one cup of coffee a day is actually really useful.
1. Coffee may reduce risk of heart attack
Actually, it reduces the risk of all cardiovascular diseases. Suffering from high blood usually give up coffee for fear that it will further aggravate their condition. Indeed, most recent studies that there is absolutely no connection between coffee and increased risk of heart attack – even contrary. U.S. researchers observed more than 27 thousand people over 15 years, consider that even 3 cups of coffee a day reduce the risk of heart problems. Another study showed that if one can speak of injury, it should refer to other beverages containing caffeine. According to most scientific opinions protective effect of coffee is probably due to the antioxidants and other components in coffee beans.
2. Coffee reduces risk of certain cancers
In another research over 80 years of the last century has raised a lot noise about studies showing the results of coffee may increase the risk of cancer of the pancreas. Point of this dispute was set in 2007 when the scientific community finally recognized (based on results from 66 studies) that the coffee itself is not a carcinogen. Rather, these are cigarettes – orbiting a normal cup of coffee. Currently, even some scientists now think the contrary – that coffee has a protective effect against certain cancers. Japanese scientists for example, aggregated data on more than 90 thousand people argue that people who regularly drink coffee to 2-3 cups a day, suffer less from cancer of the liver.
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Continuous frighten us, but enjoy it because it is the best doctor. UV light helps in the treatment of psoriasis, eczema, rheumatism and gout. Under the influence of their skin form of hormones that enhance the immune system. And vitamin E – indispensable for the absorption of calcium from the body. Sun kill bacteria, heal wounds. When the sun shines, we are all in good spirits. Under the influence of sunlight increases the production of sex hormones and endorphins – substances that relieve pain and produce euphoric sensations.
The sun drove fears. Depressed forest again begin to enjoy life.
To soothe the nerves and the daily stress can be overcome easily.
Summer sexual appetite is larger than in winter. This is a small fault gland in the brain called the pituitary. When the sun affect it through the optic nerve, it starts hard to produce sex hormones: testosterone in men and estrogen in women.
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